Benfica Oil and Gas Field (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)

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Benfica Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Benfica Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Benfica	Operating	Petrobras	Petrobras (100.0%)	1997	–	1997	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Benfica Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
associated gas	volume in place	315.25	million m³	2015	​
condensate	volume in place	0.01	million bbl	2015	​
nonassociated gas	volume in place	398.89	million m³	2015	​
oil	original oil in place	30.95	million bbl	2015	​

Table 3: Production from Benfica Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	associated gas	148.63	million m³	2015
cumulative production	condensate	0.0	million bbl	2015
cumulative production	nonassociated gas	112.16	million m³	2015
cumulative production	oil	7.93	million bbl	2015
cumulative production	oil	34.2	million bbl	2023
cumulative production	gas	720.98	million m³	2023
production	oil	0.13	million bbl/y	2023
production	oil	0.13	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	1.21	million m³/y	2023
production	gas	0.22	million m³/y	2023

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Benfica Oil and Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Onshore	-5.022, -37.051 (exact)

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